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Q ST in a hierarchically structured population
Author(s) -
WHITLOCK MICHAEL C.,
GILBERT KIMBERLY J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
molecular ecology resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.96
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1755-0998
pISSN - 1755-098X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03122.x
Subject(s) - biology , selection (genetic algorithm) , scale (ratio) , trait , population , quantitative trait locus , evolutionary biology , statistics , genetics , cartography , artificial intelligence , mathematics , demography , computer science , gene , sociology , programming language , geography
Under some circumstances, selection and drift can be disentangled with comparisons of the Q ST of a quantitative trait and the F ST of putatively neutral loci. Most previous comparisons of F ST and Q ST are carried out at a single spatial scale. We derive a hierarchical Q ST appropriate for study across varying levels of spatial structure.